Month: July 2023
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Waiting on the Lord
This is a concept I don’t know if we teach very often anymore. It’s not a popular topic in church. We certainly are not teaching waiting or patience in our society. It’s a simple concept, the idea of waiting. Yet rejected by many in our everything is a right now thing mentality. We pay to…
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One Small Light
I was sitting at the piano before church during worship practice and I looked to the side. There was this one little spotlight sitting in the corner all by itself. This one light, just a small part of the lighting system in our church shined. This singular light got me thinking about how we are…
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Just For One
I have gone to church all my life really and have seen so many places of worship. Many of them have the picture of the shepherd holding the one wayward lamb. It is a picture that’s depicting A parable told by Christ. He says” what do you think? If a man owns 100 sheep, and…
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Children’s Moment
Every week at the church we have a children’s moment. It’s always a refreshing time to hear the hilarious or insightful answers that are given by the young ones at church. Kids are honest and it can be really funny. The past year the pastor here has emphasized that our children are learning the same lessons…
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Goodbyes
Goodbye. I hate that word. Each moment is so precious, just its passing is a sorrow. And yet, we cannot live our lives without saying that word, without the moments passing, without those we know and care for leaving us or us them. For every hello, there will be a goodbye. There is not one without the other. Goodbyes come…
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Do You Hear Him Calling?
One of my favorite slightly older worship songs is “He knows my name.” It is a song that declares “he knows my name, he knows my every thought, he sees each tear that falls, and he hears me when I call.” Can you say that today? Do you believe it? If you struggle to believe…
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Nothing Has Gone Wrong
My friend gave me a list of statements of affirmation and asked me to look at them and see which one spoke to me. I would memorize these and say them like a mantra to encourage myself. Some of the things I’ve written recently are because of those statements. When I first looked at the…
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Everywhere I Look I See Miracles
Everywhere I look I see miracles. For most of my life till adulthood I lived in Florida. Due to the fair skinned nature that I was born with I have not always enjoyed the outside or the sun. Yes, I know it is beautiful, but the heat has kept me inside. Lately though, in an…
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Not What I Expected
Things are not at all what I expected. Not today, not this last year, or the last decade, or even really my whole life. I sit in bed tonight contemplating and having to take melatonin to help me sleep. Why because so many things keep running through my head, I can’t calm my mind. I…
Devotions For Real Life 